The current record-holder for the most expensive musical instrument sold at auction is another Stradivari violin: the 1721 Lady Blunt Stradivarius, named for the granddaughter of the British ...
The Sotheby’s auction will take place on Feb ... certainly” performed on the Joachim-Ma Stradivarius at the 1879 premiere of Brahms’ Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77, Sotheby’s said.